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History · Two Buttes

Two Buttes’ post office opened in 1910, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Two Buttes Gymnasium. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1920.

1910first post office
1on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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How Two Buttes began

When was Two Buttes founded?

1910

The Two Buttes post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 93 in 19202020 census: 34116 years
Founding year: the first Two Buttes post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Two Buttes’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Two Buttes are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1984. Watch Two Buttes change.Boom and bustPeaked at 158 in 1930; 34 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Two Buttes’ homes were built before 1943.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Two Buttes’s history is told.

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On the map

Two Buttes on the map, 1891 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Two Buttes. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Two Buttes on the 1891 USGS mapTwo Buttes on the 1971 USGS mapTwo Buttes on the 1984 USGS map1891Albany sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Two Buttes.

People over time

Two Buttes, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 158

Peaked at 158 in 1930; 34 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Two Buttes’ Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Two Buttes, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Two Buttes yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Two Buttes is a statutory town located in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The population was 34 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 43 to 34 (-21%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Two Buttes, 1891 to 1930

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910Post officeThe Two Buttes post office opens
  5. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 158
By decade

Two Buttes, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Two Buttes Library2015Two Buttes LibraryCOMap-doton-TwoButtes2005COMap-doton-TwoButtes
On the National Register

1 historic place in Two Buttes

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2009
Two Buttes Gymnasium
Two Buttes Gymnasium
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

WPA Rustic1
Two Buttes GymnasiumWPA Rustic

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Two Buttes’ history

What year was Two Buttes founded?

The Two Buttes post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Two Buttes?

One place: the Two Buttes Gymnasium (listed 2009).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.